From Bombay, Sorabji Siganporia and Kishinchand Gajwani came.
Baba asked them, "Would you obey me 100 percent?"
They said yes, so Baba instructed both, "Take off all your clothes and walk about naked in the bazaar."
Siganporia was shocked and could not utter a word, but Gajwani said if it was Baba's wish, he would do it.
But Baba stopped him, stating, "Don't worry; this was only a test."
Sorabji and Kishinchand did a tremendous amount of work for Baba, and Baba used to refer to them as the "twin brothers of Bombay."
The next day, Baba gave interviews to Kutumba Sastri and his son Bhasker, who asked for Baba's guidance in obtaining employment. Baba had Bhasker sent to Ahmednagar where he was to work as a clerk in Adi Sr.'s office at Khushru Quarters.
Baba also had interviews that day with Sardar Raste and his family, Siganporia and his relatives and Gajwani and others. On the 23rd, Baba was driven to Yeravda, where he gave darshan to the poor tribals residing there. He visited Bindra House and Baba House with the mandali on 28 April.
An American named Eric Bass of Lakeside, California met Baba at Guruprasad on the 29th.
During his half-an-hour meeting, Baba explained, "Love is the only way to know the Self, through surrenderance to the Master."
Bhavnagri Mithaiwala came for Baba's darshan one day, and Deshmukh introduced him. As his surname indicated ( mithai means sweets), he was a sweetmeat vendor.
Baba in a lighter vein warned him, "Don't give sweets to Deshmukh on credit. He will finish them off and send the bill here!"
Once during the summer of 1959, when Deshmukh's entire family came for Baba's darshan, his daughter Sanjeevani complained to Baba, "Father is in your contact for years, but why is it that his behavior is a constant source of embarrassment to us? Compared to him we are much more sensible."
Baba said, "I will show you the fruit of my contact." He ordered Sanjeevani, "Strip yourself in front of everyone here!"
Astounded, she asked, "Before all these people, Baba? How could I do that?"
Baba then asked Deshmukh to strip and he began taking off his clothes.
Stopping him, Baba turned to Sanjeevani, "Now, see with your own eyes what is the result of my contact. Your father does everything for me; you don't! Don't judge his love from his outward behavior."
One day Baba advised Deshmukh to have a chapati with butter each day with his afternoon tea. Deshmukh would spread butter on the chapati and then soak it in his tea before eating it.
This amused Baba, who asked, "Do you always eat chapati and butter like this? How in the world did you ever get your degree in London?"
(Deshmukh had a doctorate in philosophy.)